Man Killed on Highway 25 Near Fulton

The Mississippi Highway Patrol was dispatched to the two-car crash, approximately 1/2 mile south of Fulton, at 8:14 a.m. Upon arriving it appeared Willie Grimes, 76, of Fulton was apparently attempting to make a u-turn on Highway 25 in a 2012 Nissan Versa, when he apparently pulled into the path of Joe Turner, 64, of Fulton, who was traveling north in a 2006 Ford SUV.

Grimes was transported by ambulance to North Mississippi Medical Center where he later died.

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WCBI – TV was the first television station in North Mississippi. The station began its regular operations on July 13, 1956 under the ownership of Birney Imes, Jr. WCBI was first housed in a group of cement block buildings in a pasture east of Columbus on Highway 12